As I heard on the Detroit public schools radio station here this morning--the cuts are the result of two things: a state-wide 55 cent per pupil reduction, and a federal reduction due to the fact that other cities (like the D.C. public schools) are getting a bigger share of previously allocated "poverty funds." In other words, other schools are now as poor or poorer than the Detroit public schools and therefore get some of Detroit's money. Got to balance that budget. It's unbelievable.
Scott -----Original Message----- From: Katrin Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 5:42 AM To: Martin Dust; 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs I don't think it's boring and I would love to have the sentence Martin lined out explained as well... Give us some insight, Diana! -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 5. April 2004 14:47 An: 313@hyperreal.org Betreff: Re: (313) Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs Maybe, it's just the whole way language is used - long weekend talking about such stuff but I won't bore you with it :/ > When a child comes from a low socio-economic household > you're dealing with a lot of diff't cards both > academically for a child and also in terms of school > financial support. Can you explain what you mean here? Off list if you like... Martin
